"The real story of AIDS--how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people--is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's ... investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations...

Sixteen-year-old identical twins Sabine and Blythe Braxton cope differently when their father dies unexpectedly, but unite to figure out mysterious Charlie and the crumbling mansion he moves into with them.

Iris opens her eyes to hard truths and the power of her voice when her father dies of AIDS in 1987-- A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending novel of family, friendship, and community. Iris tries to act normal at school, going through the motions and joking around with her friends. But nothing is normal, and sometimes it feels like she’ll never laugh again. How can she, when her dad is dying...

They're one of the country's most telegenic couples: beloved TV journalist Sara Lowell and New York's hottest basketball star, Michael Silverman. In a Manhattan clinic, a doctor has dedicated his life to eradicating a devastating disease. One by one, they're being targeted by a serial killer. And now Michael has been diagnosed with the disease.

It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...

Teenagers Tommy Gaye, from 1986, and Pris Devrees, from 2044, travel across the astral plane to save the ones they love.

"This second edition builds on the success of the first edition by updating and adding information that will help the newly diagnosed adjust to their illness and the long-term survivor improve their life and supplement their foundation of HIV knowledge. New and useful topics have been added including the most complete medication information"--